Belt-fastener.



No. 729,302. PATBNTED .MAY 26, 190s., J. M. ERICKSON.

BELT PASTENBR.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 15, 1903` no MODEL No. 729,302. f

Patented Mayv 26, 1,903.

PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN M. ERICKSON, OF DULUTH, MINNESOTA.

BELT-FASTEN ER.

SPECIFICATION formngfpart of Letters Patent No."729,302, dated May 26, 1903. Application iiled January 15, 1903. Serial No. 139,194. `(No model.)

as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to belt-fasteners.

The object of the invention is to provide av belt-fastener which shall be simple in construction, durable in use and comparatively inexpensive of production, easily applied to and removed from the ends of the belt,l and which when in position will securely retainY the ends of the belt together.

With these and other objects in viewthe invention consists in certain features of construction and combination of parts, which will be hereinafterL fully set forth.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a front View ofthe abutting ends of the belt, illustrating the plan of the invention. Fig. 2 is a reverse'view. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal vertical sectional view on line fr a; of Fig. l.

Fig. 4 is a detail plan View of one of the fasteners. Fig. 5 isaside View of the same, and Fig. 6 is a View illustrating lthe manner of bending the fastener in the'act of connecting the ends of the belt.

Referring to the drawings, A A denote the abutting ends of the belt.

B denotes the fastener. The fastener consists of a single piece of wire,ldo ubled.gupon itself to form a bigllt, and a pair of parallel leg portions l). The bight is widened transversely to form an eye b', the sides of which project laterally beyond the parallel leg portions, as atfbz, and are also curved, as shown in Fig. 5, to form a transverse depression b3 on one side of the eye, which I will call the outer side thereof.

In connecting the ends ofthe beltthe fase-j tener is inserted through the holes in said ends and the free ends of the legs b b inserted through the eye b', caused to engage the notches formed by the lateral extensions b2 of the eye, and bent in opposite directions, as shown in Fig. l. By forming the eye b with the transverse depression seats are provided for the reception of the oppositelybent ends of the legs, wherebya smooth surface is presented, thus making practically smooth joints of the legs with the eyes, and thereby reducing to a minimum the liability of the belt-fastener hooking or catching into anything with which it may possibly come into contact. By the provision of this depression the ends of the legs are prevented from becoming worn away and weakened by a belt-stretcher when the same is used, thus materially increasing the life of the fastener. y

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the construction, operation, and advantages of the invention will be readily understood without requiring an extended explanation. It will be apparent that the fasteners may be made at a very small cost, and they may be easily and quickly applied to the ends of the belt without removal of the material in the formation of the holes therein, as is necessary when belt-fasteners of the stud type are used, in which latter case the belt is materially weakened by the removal of the material to form theholes'fo'rthe stud.

Various changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the prin- Y ciple or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is-

1. As a new article of manufacture, a beltfastener, consisting of a piece of wire doubled upon itself to form a bight, constituting an eye, and parallel leg portions adapted to be doubled and to have their outer extremities passed through andrengaged with the eye when the device is attached to the ends of a belt, substantially as described.

2. As a new article of manufacture, a beltfastener comprising a piece of wire doubled upon itself to form a bight and leg portions, my hand in presence of two subscribing witthe bight being widened to form lateral exnesses. tensions which project laterally beyond the leg portions and being further provided With JOHN M ERICKSON' 5 a, transverse depression for the purpose set Witnesses:

forth, substantially as described. C. W. ELSTON, In testimony whereof I have hereunto set C. A. BRITTS. 

